noun
total amount of damage; total damage cost
Used in news reports, official statements, and formal contexts to state the overall monetary or material loss from a disaster, accident, or crime.
今回の地震による被害総額は数千億円に上ると見られている。
The total amount of damage from this earthquake is estimated to reach several hundred billion yen.
Compound of 被害 (ひがい, 'damage') and 総額 (そうがく, 'total amount').